Utamaro

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NEZU
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Kitagawa Utamaro was the leading light of the popular Ukiyo-e school of woodblock print designers during its golden age, famous throughout Japan within his own lifetime, an immeasurable influence upon nineteenth century French artists, such as Vincent Van Gogh, ��douard Manet and Claude Monet, and is a continuing source of inspiration and admiration throughout the world today for his portraits of sumptuously garbed courtesans and sensitively drawn depictions of everyday life in eighteenth century Edo. This volume, the first catalogue to document all of Utamaro's known print designs in the broadsheet format, provides a comprehensive descriptive listing of the artist's works, along with more than a hundred and thirty reproductions of his prints, with accompanying indices to aid in the location of specific works by publisher's mark, subject, or title. This groundbreaking publication, the product of more than two decades of exhaustive research, forms a record of the artist's works that will serve as a lasting reference source for connoisseurs, curators, and dealers alike.

THE COMPLETE WOODBLOCK PRINTS OF KITAGAWA UTAMARO:
A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE

by Gina Collia-Suzuki

Paperback: 612 pp (139 b&w illustrations) Publisher: November 5 2009 Language: English ISBN-13: 978-0-9559796-3-7 Dimensions: 9.68�� x 7.44��
Price: ��49.99

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